Barking Up the Wrong Tree: My Mother, The Zombie II

17 September 2012

My Mother, The Zombie II

The first My Mother, The Zombie post is here.
Comments after the jump.

Genevieve Lefebvre dit BOULANGER
Birth: Feb 1838, Canada
Baptism: 1834, St-Gervais, Quèbec
Marriage: 26 Oct 1851, Burlington, Vermont to John King (1828-1900)
Death: 1855, Yamachiche, Quebec, Canada

CHILDREN with John King
NAME                  BIRTH DATE
Cyprien LECLAIR             05 May 1853
Cyprien LECLAIR             05 May 1853
Cyprien LECLAIR             05 May 1853
Ellen LECLAIR 13 Nov 1856
Ellen LECLAIR 13 Nov 1856
Ellen LECLAIR 13 Nov 1856
Ellen LECLAIR 13 Nov 1856
Genevieve LECLAIR 29 Jan 1857
Genevieve LECLAIR 29 Jan 1857
Genevieve LECLAIR 29 Jan 1857
Marie Helene LECLAIR 13 Nov 1859
Marie Helene LECLAIR 13 Nov 1859
Marie Helene LECLAIR     13 Nov 1859
Celina LECLAIR 03 Jul 1861
Celina LECLAIR 03 Jul 1861
Celina LECLAIR 03 Jul 1861
Tutfield King                    abt 1862
Tutfield King                    abt 1862
Tutfield King                    abt 1862
Mary LECLAIR 04 Apr 1865
Mary LECLAIR 04 Apr 1865
Mary LECLAIR 04 Apr 1865
Philomene LECLAIR        10 Aug 1866
Philomene LECLAIR        10 Aug 1866
Philomene LECLAIR        10 Aug 1866
Henry LECLAIR       10 Jan 1868
Henry LECLAIR       10 Jan 1868
Henry LECLAIR       10 Jan 1868
Emma LECLAIR               14 Mar 1869
Emma LECLAIR               14 Mar 1869
Emma LECLAIR               14 Mar 1869
Juellie LECLAIR     28 Apr 1871
Juellie LECLAIR     28 Apr 1871
Juellie LECLAIR     28 Apr 1871
Julia LECLAIR       20 OCT 1874
Julia LECLAIR       20 OCT 1874
Julia LECLAIR       20 OCT 1874
mary leclair       1877

CHILDREN with Unknown Spouse
NAME                  BIRTH DATE
Napoleon LECLAIR            1 Jun 1858
Ellen King                             1860
Sufrone King                             1866
Emma King                             1870
Julie King                                1872
Marie Agnes LECLAIR      18 Aug 1877
Agness King                              1878

SOURCES
Quebec, Vital Church Records
    - Burial in 1855 for Genevieve Lefebvre Boulanger

3 Ancestry Member Trees
    - 2 of the trees have her married to Cyprien Leclair (1828-1886)
    - The same 2 trees have no death date for her, the 3rd has 1867.
    - The 3rd also has most of the above nonsense.

1902 Burlington (VT) Business Directory page (attached photo from another tree)

ⓑⓐⓡⓚⓘⓝⓖ ⓤⓟ ⓣⓗⓔ ⓦⓡⓞⓝⓖ ⓣⓡⓔⓔ

What? That's not common? I thought triplet births happened all the time and why wouldn't you name them all the same? That wouldn't be confusing at all.
This and one other tree seem to be the same. Many others have variations on these errors. It looks as though everyone copied the children but no one bothered to see if they matched any census records or if their births dates were biologically possible.
There is one tree that looks a little more reliable. They have a story stating they believe Cyprien Leclair and John King are the same person. On their tree Genevieve isn't a zombie mom, her death date is 1903. Unfortunately even they copied the children from other trees so Ellen and Genevieve are still born less than 3 months apart and Emma's birth date is different, 1 Aug 1870. That would make her about 9 months older than her sister Juellie.
If you're curious about the only census records attached to any of these trees here are the links:

1870 on Ancestry.com
1880 on Ancestry.com
1880 on Family Search

NOTE: Genevieve above is the mother-in-law of Charles in last Friday's tree. That is not to say Genevieve is the mother-in-law of Charles. I have no proof of that. I also have no proof that those census records are correct so if this is your family do your own research and decide for yourself!

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